#4E9D8D#4E9D8D

#4E9D8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.082 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9D8D
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(168, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -28.34, 0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 28.36, 178.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0821 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.082 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0045, 27.6550, 29.4779)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9D8D #9D4E5E

analogous

#4E9D65 #4E9D8D #4E859D

triadic

#4E9D8D #8D4E9D #9D8D4E

tetradic

#4E9D8D #654E9D #9D4E5E #859D4E

square

#4E9D8D #654E9D #9D4E5E #859D4E

split-complementary

#4E9D8D #9D4E85 #9D654E

monochromatic

#254B44 #3A7468 #4E9D8D #70B8A9 #99CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4E9D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#4E9D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9D8D

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9D8D	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.082 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85baae',
    500: '#4e9d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9d8d;
$custom-light: #85baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.848,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64117,
    "c": 0.08211,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9D8D

secondary

#B98E97

accent

#5E74CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9D8D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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